Ventoy

Ventoy at a glance

Ventoy is a popular open-source tool for creating multiboot USB drives — copy ISO files onto the drive and boot any of them, no reflashing needed. Ventoy ships regular releases; it's an occasional-use utility rather than a resident service.

For admins Ventoy is convenient for technician USB sticks holding many install and rescue images. The update driver is compatibility and features (new boot modes, Secure Boot handling) rather than exposure — keep a reasonably current copy and always source it officially, since fake tooling is a malware lure. Note that Ventoy has drawn scrutiny over the provenance of some bundled blobs, so in high-assurance environments review what you deploy. The practical safety points: verify the integrity of the ISOs you place on it, and watch for stale copies accumulating on shared sticks. Patchletter surfaces new Ventoy releases.